Stop ignoring teachers’ pay issues

The National Letters

THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) Commissioner Baron Sori explained well on the 3 per cent salary allowance for 2018 upon completion of pay 21.
But, can Sori and education secretary Uke Kombra come out from their enclosure and explain why teachers continue to face pay cuts/deductions?
There are teachers who have been struck off the payroll. So, who is covering who and who is telling monkey lies to teachers?
Also, Sori should clarify when the outstanding/pending 3 per cent salary allowance for 2019 will be paid.
According to the agreement, the 2019 percentage is still pending and should be rectified soon.
Teachers are fed up with all the lies being bandied. Sooner or later, the grievances of teachers will explode.
There are issues relating to teachers’ salaries still not addressed and it’s already the end of the schooling year. The issues are:

  • New commencements still off payroll;
  • teachers who have been teaching but went off the payroll have not been put back on the payroll for years, despite submitting the necessary forms at resumption dates;
  • many teachers are not on correct salary scale. This is an ongoing issue for elementary, community and primary school teachers; and,
  • Reduce income tax. All teachers in Papua New Guinea are paying very high income tax.

Sori and Kombra, why are both of you ignoring the low-paid servants struggling to educate the children of this country.
Seriously, start looking for funds or have funds available now to pay the outstanding 2019 3 per cent salary allowance for teachers immediately!
Your ignorance is frustrating teachers. Officers at education headquarters and provincial salary offices should sort out teachers’ salary grievances without much fanfare.
The problem is the failure to check and balance teachers’ files at the respective salary sections.
But now you try to cover up and point fingers at teachers, telling them to shut up as it is not professional.
Come on, check your back yard before jumping up and down.
Get this straight that if all salary-related matters were looked into appropriately, then there would not be issues or grievances.
My advice: Get rid of the PNGTA as it is no longer functioning.

Observer,
PNG